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Empire's son, empire's orphan : the fantastical lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah /

"A rollicking story of two literary fabulists who revealed the West's obsession with a fabricated, exotic East. Claiming to come from Afghanistan, Ikbal and Idries Shah convinced spies, poets, orientalists, diplomats, occultists, hippies, and even a prime minister that they held the keys t...

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Main Author: Green, Nile (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Subjects:
Shah, Ikbal Ali, > Sirdar.
Shah, Idries, > 1924-1996.
Afghanistan > History > Errors, inventions, etc.
Afghanistan > In literature.
Islam in literature.
Sufism in literature.
Authors, Indic > Great Britain > Biography.
East Indians > Great Britain > Biography.
Muslims > Great Britain > Biography.
Muslims > India > History.
Musulmans > Inde > Histoire.
Islam dans la littérature.
Soufisme dans la littérature.
Écrivains de l'Inde > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Musulmans > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Biographies.

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